- Reference
- Proc.Biol.Soc.Washington 103:252 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual or perennial, herb, 0.2-1.1 m high. Fl. pink-purple-blue/white, Jan to Dec. Sand, loam, clay, laterite, haematite. Near permanent water, plateaus, thickets, along tracks.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.